$("#adjustform").submit((event)=> { if($("#charname").val() != "") { $.get("data.php?name=" + encodeURIComponent($("#charname").val()), (data)=> { console.log(data['generalInfo']); $("#adjusttbl").jqGrid({ data: data['generalInfo'], datatype: "json", colNames: ["Username", "Char ID", "Name", "Owes State"], colModel: [ {name: "username"}, {name: "charid"}, {name: "firstgiven"}, {name: "owesstate"} ], rowNum: 10, rowList: [10, 20, 30], sortname: "username", sortorder: "desc", viewrecords: true, gridview: true, autoencode: true, caption: "My first grid" }); }); } });